Arioso

(November 10, 2014)  A slow, mournful melody over a block chord accompaniment - similar to "Arietta", but with more of a Baroque feel.  It is dedicated to the memory of my dear friend Patricia Walters McCuiston, who succumbed to stage 4 lung cancer, living less than a month after her diagnosis.  Her daughter Tabitha studied piano with me.

I was inspired somewhat by William Gillock's "Sarabande" when I began this piece, but in the end I felt the melody was more in the vein of an arioso, and didn't lend itself to much sarabande-y ornamentation.  I have used it as an offertory in church services as well.

The music can be found here at Sheet Music Plus.

The music can be found here at Sheet Music Plus.

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